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I've walked part of the route between these two stations and that took me two days: you'd definitely get there sooner by rail! Rather more than 27 miles, too.

I wonder whether Scotrail has lost much revenue to West Coast Railways now that WC have started operating a second daily steam service on the Mallaig line. Local opinion is that West Coast has captured many of Scotrail's daytrippers in spite of the cost of their fares. And do West Coast...

Ahh, wildest Cambridgeshire, South Scotland: Alex Salmond's heartland. Seriously though, I can't recall any incidents on the Highland lines which caused closure for more than a couple of weeks, except for the Ness viaduct, and that was right in the centre of Inverness :|

Network Rail road-railers seem to get everywhere on the West Highland for such purposes...

The direct (3-days-a-week-in-summer) boat stopped running in 1999

Coming back on the sleeper became less attractive after the Sprinters arrived: before, you just moved coaches somewhere between Glasgow and FW, out of the sleeper section and into a Mallaig coach, and got into Mallaig before midday. Now, you have a wait of at least 2 hours in FW and don't get...

I assume you mean "thinly-populated area" as the area is not remote to the users of the line :wink: The 16.19 certainly falls into the rush-hour bracket, as it is the most convenient train for returning to Mallaig from FW. The 06.03 ex Mallaig and its balancing working the 22.14 ex FW are by...

This was definitely true of the signalman in the Mallaig box in the early 1970s. He used to place a board across the arms of his armchair to raise small boys to a convenient height to have their hair cut. It also gave us a great view out of the window of the box.

When Mallaig station was opened you could walk out of the station, cross the road and step onto a stony beach. For the last century successive land reclamation and harbour-building projects have moved the sea further and further away...

Monday to Thursday, anyway, from Corpach onwards. Also the train which connects into Queen Street from the southbound sleeper.

I think I can probably guess who the driver was - he's been retired for about 20 years now, but numerous people have stories of travelling in the cab with him. At that time there were still 2 drivers on the trains and they could stop to take up or set down passengers wherever it suited, so long...

That would increase revenues dramatically on the Mallaig line if it was applied uniformly :lol: The problem with photographs and videos nowadays is that they're so much more likely to appear on Facebook or Youtube or somewhere that the world can see it for ever more. I quite often get...

Travel on the New York Subway can be interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gCeWEGiQI